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Romania: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
18.9 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
−0.5%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203118.4Forecast
203018.5Forecast
202918.6Forecast
202818.7Forecast
202718.8Forecast
202618.8Forecast
202518.9
202419.0
202319.1
202219.1
202119.1
202019.3
201919.4
201819.5
201719.6
201619.7

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1859–1938
  • Maddison Project Database1870–2022
  • National Bank of Serbia1880–1946
  • COMECON1950–1992
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2002–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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